Power dumping-wagon.



J. P. POWERS.

POWER numrme WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912. 1,065,271 Patented June 17, 1913.

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POWER numrme WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SIB-P1127, 1912. 1,065,271, Patented June 17,1913.

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INVENTOR (/0/1/7 PPM em ATTORNEYS J. P. POWERS.

POWER DUMPING WAGON. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913.

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JOHN P. POWERS, OF OSSINING, NEW YORK.

POWER, DUM'IPING-WA-GON.

motive power for propellin 7 'jwa gon' and.

for moving the wagon ho y thereof from normal or loadingposition into dumping position and vice versa, to permit convenient loading of the body when in normal horizontal position and to insure a complete discharge of the contents of the wagon body at the time the latter is in dumping position. For thepurLpose mentioned; use is made of a truck having a. inotor o r driving connection between .the motor and the said truck for propelling the. wagon, and a connection between the motor and the wagon body for moving the latter from normal horizontal position into dumping position.

' r A practical embodiment oft-he invent-i0 is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the powerdumping wagon and showin the wagon body in normal or loading pos1tion,parts of thewagon body being broken out and parts appearing in section. Fig. 2' is a similar .view of the same and showing the wagon body in dumping position; Fig. 3 is a'sectional plan view of the power-dumping wagon on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of part of the automatic stopping device for disconnecting the actuating means for the wagon body from the driven shaft at the time the body reaches the end of its normal or its dumping position.

The truck A of the power-dumping wagon is similar to theones now generally employed and known as automobile trucks, and the truck is provided with the usual front or Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed September 27, 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913.

Serial No. 722,601.

steering wheels B and therear or traction wheels G driven from a motor D, preferably mounted on the front end of the truck A. as plainly indicated in the drawings. The motor shaftD' is connected with the usual speed and reversing gear under the control of the operator in charge"of the powerdumping wagon, to rotate a. shaftD -in either a forwarder backward" direction;

The rear end of the sh'aftjD' is connected with a bevel gear wheel 1) (see Fig. 4) in mesh with a bevel gear w'helel'D secured on a transversely-extending 'sh'aft'D journaled on the truck A, and on the outer-end of the shaft D are secured sprocket wheels E connected by sprocket chains E with sprocket wheels E secured on thehubs C ofthe rear wheels C so that when the motor D is running and the shaft 1) is rotated motion is transmitted to thesprocket wheels E by the connection described to repel the dumping wagon forward or bac ward according to the direction in which the shaft D is turned. Y

The truck'A is provided-with side beams A, preferably of channel -ir'on,- and between the rear portion ofthe said side beams exdistance below the side beams and somewhat in the rear of the rear or traction wheels 0. The shaft G is provided with segmental worm wheels G secured'to the sides of the wagon body'F at the rear end thereof, so

that the rear portion of the wagon body F is supported from the side beams A'-i"o,f the truck. The front end of the body F is revided with supporting lugs F ada'pt to rest on the side beams A at the time the wagon body F is in the normal horizontal or leading position. 7

The segmental worm wheels G mesh with worms Gr secured on shafts Gr journaled in-bearings A, A attached to the truck A, as indicated in Figs. and 1. The

are in forward ends of the shafts G are provided 1 clutch members H, H \Vhen it is desired with bevel gear wheels G in mesh with bevel i to impart an upward swinging motion to gear wheels H secured on a transverse shaft H jou'rnaled in the bearings A, and on the said shaft H are mounted to turn loosely bevel gear wheels H H spaced apart and facing each other, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. The bevel gear wheels H and H are in mesh at all times with a bevel gear wheel I secured on alongitudinally-extending shaft I journaled on the truck A and adapted to be driven from the motor shaft D. For this purpose a friction clutch 'memher I is mounted to turn with and to slide on the shaft I and is adapted to engage a friction clutch member I mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft I. On the hub I of this clutch member I is secured a sprocket wheel I connected by a sprocket chain I with a sprocket wheel I secured on the motor shaft D, so that when the motor D is running a rotary motion is given to the clutch member I and when the clutch member 1 is thrown in mesh with the clutch member I then a rotary motion is given to the shaft '1. A shift-ing lever J fulcrumed on the truck A engages the hub I of the clutch member 1 and'the upper end of the lever J is. provided with a segmental gear wheel J in mesh with a segmental gear wheel J 2 secured on a shaft J 3 journaled on the truck A and carrying a foot lever J under the controlof the attendant ofthe power-dumping wagon to permit the attendant to throw the clutch member I in or out of mesh with the clutch member I. It is understood that normally the clutch memher I is out of mesh with the clutch memberl and is only thrown in mesh with the said clutch member I at the time the attendant presses the foot lever J The forward end I of the shaft I is made polygonal to permit of applying a crank or other tool with a viewto allow of turning the shaft by hand whenever it is desired to do so.

7, The opposite faces of the bevel gear wheels H H previously mentioned are provided with clutch'members H, H adapted to be engaged by a double clutch member K mounted to turn with and to slide on the transverse sh'aft H, and the said double clutch member K is engaged by a shifting lever K pivoted at K on the truck "A an 7 extending upward to be within convenient reach of the attendant in charge of the power-dumping wagon and seated on a seat A mounted on the truck A (see Fig. 2).

The upper end of the shifting lever K is provided with a locking cat/ch K adapted to engage a notch K in a segment K fixed to the back of the seat A. The double clutch member K is so arranged relative to the clutch members H, H that when the double clutch member K is in intermediate position it is out of engagement with the the wagon body F at the time the shaft I is driven then the operator swings the shifting lever K to one side so as to engage the double clutch member K with the clutch member H to transmit the rotary motion of the bevel gear wheel H to the shaft II, which by the bevel gear wheels H, ro-

tates the worm shafts G and the latter by the worms G 'engaging the worm wheels G impart an upward swinging motion to the wagon body F. \Vhen the lever K is moved in the opposite direction from normal dor- -mant position then the double clutch member K is thrown into mesh with the clutch member H so that the rotary motion of the bevel gear wheel H is transmitted to the shaftH to rotate the latter in a reverse direction, and consequently the shaft G and the worms G are rotated in the reverse direction to swing the wagon body F from v the vertical dumping position backinto the normal horizontal or loading position.

In order to automatically throw, the double clutch member K out of mesh with eilher the clutch member H} or the clutch member H at the time/the wagon body F reaches the vertical or dumping position or the horizontal or loading position, thefollowing arrangement is made: The lever K is pivotally connected by a link L with a bell crank lever L (see Figs. 4 and 5) fulcrumed on one of the side beams A and pivotally connected with a rod L extending rearwardly and terminating'in a collar L The rod L slidingly engages a bearing L on the rod L pivotally connected with a link L iattached at its rear end at L to one side of the wagon body F near the rear end thereof. N ow when the double clutch member K is in engagement with the clutch member H and the wagon body F swings upward into dumping position then a pull is exerted by the said wagon body F on the link L 'whichpulls the rod L rearwardly so that the bearings L thereof finally moves into engagement with. the collar L at the time the body F nears a vertical position. A further upward swinging movement of the body F then causes the bearing L to move the collar L rearwardly and with it the rod L so that a" swinging motion is given to the bell crank lever L which by the link Limparts a swingingmotion to the shifting lever K whereby the clutch member K is moved out of engagement with the. clutch member H and is moved into an intermediate or. dormant position and consequently the rotation of the shaft H ceases and with it the further upward swinging movement given to the wagon body F with a collar L adapted to abut against one end N of a lever N fulcrumed at N on a cross beam A forming part of 'the truck and extending from one side beam A to theother. The free end of the lever N is ada ted to be engaged by a lug N secured to tlie forward end of the wagon body F at the time the latter returns to normal position. As previously stated, a return swinging motion is given to the wagon body at the time the double clutch member K is in mesh with the clutch member H and at this time the collar L is in engagement with the end N of the lever N, and when the wagon body F nears its normal horizontal I position the lug N engages the lever N and imparts a swinging motion thereto so that the link Lis pushed to the right and in doing so a swingingmotion is given to the lever K to move the double clutch member Id out of engagement with the clutch member H and to movethe said double clutch member K into intermediate dormant posi tion. It is understood that when this takes place the rotation of the shaft H and consequently of the shafts G ceases and the wagon body F is then in normal horizontal position with its lugs F resting on the side beams A.-

The wagon body F consists essentially of a lower water-tight compartment F and a closed superstructure F mounted on top of the water-"tightcompa'rt-ment- F The rear end F of the water-tight compartment F is beveled-upwardly and rearwardly so that 95 when the wagon body F is swung up into vertical dumping position then the contents of the compartment F are readily discharged by sliding over the now downwardly and rearwardly inclined end F (see 40 Fig% 2). The closed superstructure F is provided on each side with sectional doors 0, O and O 0 of which the sections 0 and O are connected by hinges P, P with Y the sneer the superstructure whilethe sectibn's O and O are connected with each other by hinges P and hinges P connect the sections O with each other to allow of folding the sections 0 and O ,back'o'nto the sections 0 and 9 whenever it is desired to roll a barrel 0" a similar receptacle inside of the superstructure F while emptying such barrel. It is understood that ordinarily the sections 0 and O? are only opened for filling the body with garbage, refuse or other articles to be carried by the power-dumping wagon- It will also .be noticed that when the doors are completely open the material can be readily distributed throughout the length of the wagon body. The rear end of the superstructure F is normally closed by an end gate Q connected by d onhie hinges R to the top of the superstructure F to permit the end gate Q, to readily swing into an open position at the as timethe body F is swung into vertical dumping position, the double hinges R permittmg the end gate Q, to Swing outwardly in case the lower end of the end gate (1 should strike pavement or other obstruction at' the place of dumping; The end gate Q, is provided with filling doors S adapted to swing open sidewise by arranging hinges T at the sides of the doors, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 3. It is understood that these doors S are used for. filling the rear end of the wagon body F at-thetime the latter is in normal horizontal or loading position but when the body F is moved into dumping positionth'e doors are held closed by suitable locking means;

By the arrangement described the power dumping wagon when loaded can be readily backed up against the string-piece of a pier' or the like, as shown in Fig, 2, and then the wagon body F is swung up into a verticalor dumping position, it being understood that when the Wagon body nears a vertical position the gate Q automatically swingsinto open position to allow the ready discharge of the contents of the Wagon body. It will 98 also be noticed that by providing the watertight compartment'Fwith the inclined end F the latter projects the discharging material a distance beyond the 'stringpiece and without danger of the end itself striking thestringpiece. When the several parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the power-dumpin wagon can be readily propelled from place to, place by pow'ri derived from the motor D, and on opening the doors 0, O, Q and S the wagonbody F can be loaded with garbage, ashes or other refuse or materials. When the wagon body F is filled the wagon is run to the dumping place, such as a pier or the like, and usually backed u against the string'piece of the pier, as indlcated in Fig. 2. The attendant in charge of the power-dumping wagon'now stops the driving gear without however stopping the motor I). As soon as the wagon is in position for dumping, the attendant presses the foot lever J to connect the motor shaft D with the shaft J to rotate the latter and at the same time the attendant moves the lever K from its normal dormant position to the '115 right- (see Fig. 4) to engage the double clutch member K with the clutch member Hi. When this takes place the rotary-mo tion' of the shaft I is transmitted to the shaft H which by the gear wheels H, G rotates the shaft G to cause the wagon body F to move upward-into dumping position owing .7 to the worms Gr driving the Worm wheels G. When the wagon body F reaches the" vertical position shown in Fig. 2, then the 1 lever K is automatically shifted into the dormant position by the action ofthe bars L, L and L, and the bell crank lever L and link L, as previously described, so that v further upward swinging of the wagon body F ceases. The end gate Q of the wagon body F readily swings open during the upward swinging of the wagon body, and the contents of the latter readily slide out to a place of dumping, which may be a barge or the like.

After the contents of the wagon body have been completely discharged the attendant moves the lever K to the left, so that the double clutch member- K is now thrown out of engagement with the clutch member H to rotate the shafts H and G in the reverse direction to swing the wagon body F downward back to normal position, and when the wagon body F nears the normal position the lug N acts on the lever N to return the lever K to normal dormant position, as previ ously explained. The attendant now again starts the driving mechanism to propel the power-dumping wagon away from the place of dumping to gather up another load.

By arranging the wagon body F between the side beams A of the truck the center of gravit is placed as low as possible and likewise the doors 0, 0, O 0 and Q to reduce the height to which the garbage cans, boxes andlike receptacles have to be lifted when emptying the same in the wagon body and at the same time it is possible to construct the wagon body with a water-tight compartment F to prevent leakage or dripping of any moisture that may be loaded into the wagon body.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A power-dumping wagon comprising a truck, a wagon body pivoted on the truck, a segmental worm wheel on each side of the said wagon body, worm shafts journaled on opposite sides of the truck, one of which worm shafts carries a right hand worm in mesh with one of the worm wheels, and the other of which worm shafts carries a left hand -iorm in mesh with the other worm wheel, a transverse shaft geared with the said worm shafts, a pair of bevel gear wheels mounted to rotate loosely on the said transverse shaft and provided with clutch members, a driven shaft provided with a beel gearwheel in mesh with the said pair of loose gear wheels, a shifting clutch member rotating with the said transverse shaft and adapted to engage either of the said loose gear wheels, and a hand shifting lever for the said shifting clutch member.

2. A power-dumping wagon comprising a truck, a wagon body pivoted on the truck, a segmental worm wheel an; each side of the said wagon body, worm shafts 'journaled on opposite sides of the truck, one of which worm shafts carries a right hand worm in mesh with one of thesaid worm wheels, and the other. of which worm shafts carries a left hand worm in mesh with the other worm' wheel, a transverse shaft geared with the said worm shafts, a pair of bevel gear wheels mounted to rotate loosely on the said transverse shaft, a driven shaft provided with a bevel gear wheel in mesh with the said pair of loose gear wheels, a shifting clutch member rotating with the transverse shaft and adapted to engage either of the. said loose gear wheels, a shifting lever for the said clutch member, and means mounted on the said truck and having connection with the said le er and actuated by the wagon body to automatically move the lever and the clutch member into inactive position at the time the wagon body reaches its extreme position in either direction.

3. A power dumping wagon, comprising a.

truck, a wagon body pivoted on the truck,

a segmental worm wheel on the said wagon body, a worm shaft journaled on the truck and carrying a worm to mesh with the said worm wheel, a transverse shaft geared with the said worm shaft, a pair of beveled gear wheels mounted to rotate loosely on the said transverse shaft and provided with clutch members, a driven shaft provided with a beveled gear wheel in mesh with the said pair of loose gear wheels, a shifting clutch member rotating with the said transverse shaft and adapted to engage either of the said loose gear wheels, a hand shifting lever for the said shifting clutch member, a pair of longitudinal movablerods disposed alongside the wagon body and having a slidablc connection at their contiguous ends whereby to permit of limited relative movement, the outer end of the rear rod being pivotally connected to the wagon body, a bell crank lever to which the inner end of the forward rod is connected, and a rod connecting the bell crank lever with the said shifting clutch member, all for the purpose described; I

4. A power dumping wagon, comprising a truck, a wagon body pivoted on the truck, a segmental worm wheel on the said wagon body, a worm shaft journaled on the truck and carrying a worm in mesh with'the said worm wheel, a transverse shaft geared to the said shaft, a pair of beveled gear wheels mounted to rotate loosely on the said transverse-shaft and provided with clutch members, a driven shaft provided. with a beveled gear wheel in mesh with the said pair of loose gear wheels, a shifting clutch memberrotating with the said transverse shaft and adapted to engage either of the said loose gear wheels, a hand shifting lever for the said shifting clutch member,'connections between the vsaid shifting clutch member and the rear portion of the body whereby to move said member into inactive position when the wagon reaches the dumping position, and including a connecting rod having a rigid collar, a lever pivoted on the truck and having an angular )ortion adapt- In testimony whereof I have signed my ed to be engaged by the col ar, and :1. lug name to this specification in the presence of carried by the forward portion of the wagon two subscribing witnesses.

body and adapted to engage and move the JOHN P. POWERS.

said lever when the wagon body is lowered Witnesses: to normal position on the truck, all for the MILTON O. PALMER, purpose described. HENRY A. 'SCHAFMEISTER. 

